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Rita Ora’s addition to X Factor will make any Taylor Swift appearances very awkward (Picture: Rex)

Rita Ora’s decision to jump ship from The Voice to X Factor has left us with many questions.

Who will replace her on The Voice? Did Simon Cowell sign her to irritate the BBC? Will X Factor viewers warm to her the same way The Voice fans did?

How on earth did she manage to get two huge shows fighting over her? And most importantly, will Taylor Swift ever appear on the show again?

After all, Rita famously dated Taylor’s new boyfriend Calvin Harris, and to say their break up was messy was an understatement.

Rita and Calvin were together for around a year (Picture: AFP)

Calvin refused to give permission for Rita to sing her hit I Will Never Let You Down, which he wrote and produced, at the Teen Choice Awards, meaning the singer had to pull her performance all together.

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He later tweeted that he had a ‘damn good reason’ for doing so.

Rita says she was heartbroken by their split in 2014, and recently revealed that she felt betrayed by her ex.

Calvin and Taylor have been dating since February

‘I thought he had my back and that he’d never steer me wrong,’ she told Marie Claire.

‘But then I Will Never Let You Down came out, and everything started to go a bit weird. I don’t know if it was because business was mixed with personal or what.’

Calvin is now very happy with Taylor, who regularly performs on X Factor, but we suspect any future performance will be awkward now that Rita’s on the panel.

Rita has swapped The Voice for X Factor (Picture: WireImage)

Thankfully for Rita, her former love is banned from the ITV show’s studios for life after jumping on stage with a pineapple on his head to mimic Jedward’s hairstyles while the duo were performing in 2009.

‘I was just inspired to make a mockery of the show,’ he said during a radio interview afterwards.

‘Because it is a music competition, it is a joke and I think it should be treated as such.’

Taylor has performed on the show several times (Picture: Getty Images)

We guess he’s not a fan then!

Both Rita and Taylor are professionals, so we’re sure they could just about manage to be in the same room together.

Rita Ora has joined the X Factor panel (Picture: ITV/Getty/Rex)

But such a public meeting would put both women under a lot of scrutiny, so there’s a chance that Taylor might decide it’s not worth the headache and perform on The Voice instead!